Kristi Noem: National Guard Deployments Not Politically Motivated

the recent deployment of the National Guard to Washington D.C., and the discussion surrounding potential federal intervention⁢ in⁤ other cities, isn’t about addressing a surge ⁤in crime. ItS a ⁣politically motivated power play, thinly veiled as a public safety ⁤initiative.⁤ It’s a bit of a perfunctory nod to the rest of the nation in there, the cities named are all cities MAGA/Trump⁣ hates as they’re run by Democratic leaders and/or exist in ⁣a “blue” state.Also, leading the list⁣ of crimes that people might be experiencing with those‍ recently experienced by ex-DOGE staffer “Big Balls” in Washington DC (which prompted ⁣Trump’s takeover of the city) is another indication Trump doesn’t really care about violent crime. What he cares about is ‍ exacting revenge on cities and citizens he doesn’t think love him enough.

To his credit, O’Keefe did try to drill down on this:

You mentioned, there, a bunch of⁤ cities in Democratic-controlled states with Democratic mayors, and there have been⁢ a lot of questions‍ asked about that focus. There are Republican cities with⁣ major crime issues as well, and we haven’t heard about plans to deploy, say, to dallas or to Oklahoma City, or to cities in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi that have considerable crime rates, in some cases higher, percentage-wise, than those other cities you mentioned. Are there plans to go to red states and Republican-controlled cities in this kind of ⁢way?

It’s not only a fair point, it’s an accurate point. There are plenty of ⁢states and cities with higher crime rates than those being vengefully targeted by Trump.But no ⁣moves⁤ have been made to bring those locales ⁤under ‍federal control because, well… we all know exactly why it’s not happening.

But Noem is a true Trumpian: when the truth is obvious, just keep lying because it’s the only move you have and ‍it’s the only move you know.

SEC. NOEM:⁢ Absolutely. Every single city is evaluated for what we need to do there to make it safer.So we’ve got operations that, again, I won’t talk about details on, but we absolutely are not looking through the viewpoint at anything we’re⁣ doing with a political lens. It is what can we do to make sure that we’re continuing to get up every day and to fight for ⁤the American citizen, and that they have the chance ⁢to go out there and pursue the American dream.

No one believes that,⁢ especially not the person saying that. Everything is viewed through a ⁤political lens by this administration. That’s why some states and cities get emergency funds and federal responses to natural disasters and other states are bled dry because they didn’t collectively vote the right way during this election. Or⁢ the election before it. Or⁤ the election before that.

But it’s worse than simply politicizing things that shouldn’t be politicized, like federal emergency aid or school funding or crosswalk colors. It’s the petty vindictiveness that really sets ‍this administration (both times) apart. noem knows this as well as anyone. After all,⁤ three days after her return to South Dakota to pick up an honorary degree at a collage campus in Madison SD was greeted by protesters, ⁣two businesses in that town were raided by ICE.

Everyone knows this martial law test run is meant to put places where ⁢trump⁣ feels he has “enemies” on a short leash. Despite Noem’s‍ (obviously facetious) suggestion that anyone in any city who feels crime is a problem should “call” the federal government and ask for help,even Trump’s fans and supporters in “red” cities and states aren’t going to do that. they may stand and applaud every assault on “blue” ⁤localities, but they definitely don’t want to be the person calling down that sort of oppression on their own constituents. It’s a party of ⁤liars, cowards, bullies, and please-tread-on-me masochists.What this party lacks completely is integrity or credibility. The sad thing is that it really doesn’t seem ⁢to matter.

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